One law for all [electronic resource] : aboriginal people and criminal law in early South Australia...
One law for all [electronic resource] : aboriginal people and criminal law in early South Australia / Alan Pope.
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Canberra, A.C.T. : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2011.
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Date
2011.
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English
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1 online resource.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Legal policy and early practice -- 3. Amenability and jurisdiction -- 4. Admitting Aboriginal evidence -- 5. Language problems -- 6. Inter se jurisdiction -- 7. Murder and manslaughter -- 8. Assault and robbery -- 9. Property offences -- 10. Protected by the law? -- 11. Conclus...
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Publisher
Canberra, A.C.T. : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2011.
Date Published
2011.
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Summary
In the planned colony of South Australia, Aboriginal people were to be British subjects, accountable to English law, but fully entitled to its protection. However, the dreams of London's reformers rapidly soured as British law struggled to protect the settlers' interests and failed to protect Aboriginal lives and birthrights.
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One law for all [electronic resource] : aboriginal people and criminal law in early South Australia / Alan Pope.
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Print version Pope, Alan One Law for All : Aboriginal People and criminal law in early South Australia Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press,c2011 9780855757489.
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74VKdZl43zqA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKdZl43zqA
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ISBN
9780855757816 (electronic bk.)
DDC
345.942305
MMS ID
991019824659702626